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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-10
What She Would Do.

She was costly intrenched upon his
shoulder, and they were very, very
happy.
George" she whispered, and he
bent his head to listen. ''do you know
what l would do if your love for me-
should cool?"
Would You die, dear?" he asked,
passionately.
mo. George; 1 would bring suit for
breach of promise. ~ y Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-10

What is thought to be the shortest
courtship and quickest marriage on
record have just taken place at Green
River City. Frank Tracy went into a
restaurant for supper, where he was
tainted by one of the mattresses at
being bachelor. He at once proposed
and within thirty minutes Miss Hannah
Wilson and Frank Tracey were man
and wife.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-10

The editor of the Carlisle pal
Volunteer says that he was rendered
for some minutes breathless last week
by a s.ranger-who proved to be an
old delinquent subscriber-walking
into his Office and planking down six
ty-three round silver dollars. the total
amount due for back subscriptions
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-10
TO BE CONTINUED. I

DIR. Beaulieu, in the Economist
Francois. gives the following as the
amount of tobacco consumed by each
LOCO people in Europe, each year: In
Spain ITO pounds; Italy. 128; Great
Britain. 1873; Prussia, 1872; Hungary, 207;
France. 2lO; Denmark, 2S4; Norway.
229; Austria, 273; Germany, 1856; Hoi-
land, 44S; Belgium. $50.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-10

Head and Hand is the name of the
little paper, whose first number has just
appeared from the press of the LeMoyne
Institute at Memphis. Principal A. j.
Steele is the editor. bat the mechanical
work is all done by members of the
manual training department. This
issue shows both good head work and
good hand work on the part of the
DunilS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-10
An idea of the damage done nv 4

An idea of the damage done by the
Australian rabbits i'm tho colony of New
South Wales is afforded by the report
for the years 1SS3-1SS6. The report
shows that $1.SO7, 400 was paid out.
and that .. 1858, 7S7 rabbits were destroy
ed, and adds: In spite of this drain on
ths Treasury, the colony is not yet free
from the pest, and more money will be
asked for this year.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-10

"A printing-press by which blind
persons are enabled to print the raised
letters, now universally used by them.
has BEEN invented
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-10

-Mind-reading. it is said, leads to
matrimOny. 1t would be more popular
if it would only lead to patrimony.-.
ISd-Bika
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-10
WIT AND WISDOM.

DE nearer shutdown de buster de
lazy man.-The Judge.
Education means great deal more
than book-learning.-N y Witness.
There is no substitute for thor
ough-going. ardent and sincere earn
estness. Charles Dickens.
True pOliteness is perfect ease and
freedom. 1t simply consists in treat
ing others just as You love to be treated
yourself.
An impecunious man designates n
ten-dollar bill rs "a William" because
he is not sufficiently familiar with il
to call it BILL
Every man has a right to make
himself something better than he is.
but no man has right to claim honor,
and credit which are not due him.
Young woman (timidly to clerk)-
81 would like to look at some false hair.
please" Clerk (experienceD-"Yes.
ma'am. What color does your friend
want?" Sale effected.-LJe.
On Would-be Cornetist:
No more his shrill blast
Our ears will ring through;
He rests now ut last,
And the neighbors rest, too.
Boston Budget.
"A writer asserts that "the Old-fash-
Toned rocking chair is and always will
be the favorite article of furniture
Guess not. The sofa with tendency
to sag in the middle still holds its own.
Huntington Free Press.
Some one who has given the sub
ject considerable study says that "blue
eyes usually go with light hair" We
have not given the matter much
thought, but we have noticed that
black eyes frequently go with a bloody
nose. -Norristoun Herald.
-Teacher-With whom did Achilles
fight at Troy? Boy-With Pluto.
Wrong" with Nero" Wrong"
Then it was Hector" 'What made
you think of Pluto and Nero?'' ..Oh,
1 knew it was one of our dogs. Their
names are Pluto, Nero and Hector
Frankturter Zeitung.
Tough Tin apothecary's shop)-
Say. young Teller, gimme ten grains o
strichnine, right away. in big hurry,
and don't You forget it. Clerk-Rats?
Tough-Now. look a-here, 1 don't
want any o your slang, or I'll jump
over there and spoil that dude collar o.
yours in bout four seconds. He was
waited on immediately.-Harper's
BdzQr.
Mrs. Bagley-Aurelia, You had
better hide that milliner's bill, and I'll
try to shave enough off the grocer's bill
to payit. Your paw is greatly worried
over his business affairs. Aurelia-O
NAV! you dom mean to say he is going
10 fail? Mrs. Bagley-I know nothing
for certain, but last night heard him
talking in his sleep about being robbed
by man named Umpire and about the
men going out on strikes, and l fear
the worst-Philadelphia Gail.
As long as We have reasonable
wants We get on comfortable; but it Is
the struggle after luxuries that fills
society with distress. and populates
prisons. and sends hundreds of people
stark mad. Dissatisfied with plain
house, and ordinary apparel. and re-
spectacle surroundings. they plunge
their head into enterprise and specula-
tons from which they have to sneak
out in disgrace.-Iadiaaapolis Journal
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12
: Commissioner Coleman says the
renorts continue favorable in reRartl to the
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.

+ The Signal Service Observer at St.
Paul, Mimi, in his monthly review, makes
statements that are generally applicable to-
the state: The normal September temper
allure Tor st. Paul Is SO degrees; the mean
Of last month was s. regrees. 1t was cold
or than the correspo nding month in 1874,
5'77, us 1881, 's2, "a, 's5 and 1851 had no
was warmer than any Of the rest from 1870
To now, The Warmest September since
then was III 1877, and the coolest in 1873,
the means being Ga degrees and 81 degrees,
respectively. The normal precipitation for
the month In question Is 8.35 inches; Abs
inches OF rain fell last month, the Septem-
ber of 1872, IA, 1881 and 1884 were wetter
than it, but either OF the rest since 1870 was
driver, the Wettest one was in 1851, and the
dryest In 1852, the rainfall being 9.95 inches
I and o. ~ inch respectively. The prevailing
wind blew from the southeast; the total
wind movement was 3,90S miles. There
was i t.RaleN on the 5th and 18th, then the
wind blew at the rate OF IS miles an hour
from southeast and west. There were
seven clear days, IS fair and 10 cloudy ones,
/ 10 Of an inch or more OF rain fell. The
maximum Temperature was y, and the
minimum 80. Is There was q light frostl
the ilIst IS the season, on the morninE of
was not fatal to vegeta lion, 55 81
a dispatch says that Clark county,
sDaka IL seeing her most prosperous year
since her organisation. Tho wheat and
corn crop ID imme Wagon 4 loads pf
grain Aze standing ia the streets OF Clark
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

NILE. MARIE Peer, the pope's niece,
is to be married next month to Count
Moroni, one Of the noble guards, and
his holiness has shown great interest
in the young lady's attire. He asked
his secretarysto look after the brides
Oversees, and expressly stipulated that
they must be white, blue Of black.
.They are the three colors,' he added,
..most becoming 70 young. people.
Gray and brown only suit old women.
and a. for al the other colors, I do
IKE them. 2
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

EDWARD MONTGOMERY died recent
~ near Americas, Ca, aged 1o2 years.
He was an African Chief of the Askari
tribe, and was taken to Virginia from
Africa in 1907, when he was stalwart
young man. He had large family in
Virginia, and when he died he left his
third wife and twenty-five children in
Georgia, -, .-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

DIR. PERRY, a medical missionary in
Africa. returned home to Minneapolis a
few weeks aao bringing with him TO-
year-old Indian prince, whom he intend
ed to educate. But the little fellow
hates school, is dreadfully homesick,
and will be sent back. at the first oppor-
tunity. He will not associate with col
ored boys, whom he regardswith more
aversion than be does the whites. e- :.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

EMILE Won MosHER, at one time a
resident of Chicago and formerly con-
nected with the German Embassy at
Washington, is under arrest in New
York on q charge Of burglary. He is
a good looking young man Of % years,
dresses elegantly, and speaks six Ian
guages acknowledgement, Chinese, Rus
sian, French, Italian, and spanish-be-
sides his native tongue, German.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

Miss ANNETTE HALLIDAY, Of Detroit,
q cousin of Sidney Luska, the author,
who herself has novel in press, was
bit by pet cat two months ago. Her
hand swelled and became very painful,
and her cries resembled those of cat.
Death or insanity was feared for time,
but the sufferer is now getting better
and will probably recover. She will
have material for another novel. III.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

J. b. HALL, of Jacksonville, Fla, is
a genuine sympathizer with the afflicted
Tish people. He offers to give 100, 900
acres of land in Georgia to the suffer
ers of Ireland; in tracts Of twenty-five
ac1es to each family. N,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

The death of the King of Holland is
expected hourly, and when it occurs his
crown will descend to the Princess Viii
helmmine, a wee little tot, not yet seven
years old. -.s... 80 ~,.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

ARCHIBALD FORBES writes that there
is no foundation for the rumor that he
is to become q war correspondent again.
His health, he says, is in an unsatisfac-
tory state and he win neither report nor
lecture any more. w.,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

LORD FARRER HERscHEL1, ex-solici-
tor-General of England and member Of
Gladstone's Ca inet from 1880 to 1885,
is visiting in Denver. He is accompa-
MED by Lady Herschen.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

"WHAT wonderful patience those
fishermen have!" exclaimed an idler
to a passing friend. .'Here I have
been fetching that fklow three whole
hours, and he hasn't yet had bite"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12
IN THE East.

Rather a singular scene was enacted
at the fair grounds at Elmira, N. Y. While
Senator Hiscock was delivering an address,
Miss Frances E.. Willard, accompanied by
brass band, came on, the grounds and
interrupted the proceedings. Friends of
Miss Willard insisted that she be given
the platform, and the senator was obliged
70 Ter sRsa soosty . ssce.eaed ts
quelling the disturbances and Mr.. ,Hiscock
was allowed to finish his address. u Miss
Willard followed the senator and delivered
political speech, talking from the prohibi-
standpoint. This attempt OF the temperance
created great deal OF excitement and bad
feeling. 81 4 u s,s 35ss 5,s,& 3.s@
resident Of Islip, Long Island, n.
Y.,going through the woods north Of the
town discovered the multilated body Of q
woman hidden In bushes The body was
recognized as that of Mrs.. Francis Hawkins,
: wealthy widow. Suspicion pointed e =.
sor,, as the murd erer.. & The coroner Jury
brought ii & verdict charging young
Hawkins with the crime and be Was cQnl-
mitted to jail. He has made .a full c0nfession.
He alleges that his mother applied an
him that he shot her in the bead and threw
her body where it was found.
At Springfield, Mass, Ex-Gov. Viii
Ham 3. Washbuln, Of Greenfield dropped
dead on the platform ct city hall at the
morning session Of the board OF foreign
mission, = little before 10 O'Clock He was
81 Years Of age re began his public life in
1850, being sent to the legislature; served In
the 38th, Seth and 41st and And congresses;
| from 1871 to 1874 served as Governor, and
filed the vacancy In the u. q. Senate caused
| By the death OF Charles Summer sss#
IS Rev. Dr.. Parker pron need His en-
|slogy apon Henry Ward Beecher Az the
sBTookly academY q music, e q yastI and
interest "a the eloqusnt and ror,apts hensivs
address. II F.55
Rev, Or. Joseph Parker, Of the City
Temple, London, preached II ny. Beeclhsr's
church ssund md the g. dee No. nsver
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

Mr.. GLADSTONE, according to Mr..
Labouchere, will deliver no more polit-
ical addresses during the autumn except
to the National Liberal Federation at
Nottingham. s E& 7
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

QUEEN KAP1oLAN1, of Hawaii, has
conferred the order of Kapiolani upon
Gov. Ames, Of. Massachusetts, Mayor.
O'Brien of Boston, and five aldermen.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

' A YOUNG man, an agent of book on
social etiquette, has been seen and heard
in our streets. One young lady says he
ought to read the book himself, and
then perhaps he would know enough to
leave ones house when requested to. !
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

KING MILAN Of Servia and Queen
Natalie have agreed to disagree and
live apart, but neither win seek a
divorce. 81 Is W. ~ #$sE = "a rs
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

= PHILADELPHIA RECORD: Monopoly is
the on y refuge of the protected inter-
ests, and a repeal of protective laws
the only safety of the people.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

MISS Rose CLEyHLANiD has begun
her now duties as a teacher 81 Ameri-
can history in a New York boarding
school. &N H.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12
80 {. -Igs--- -.-A
AUSTIN.
NOTES OF THE TIMES.

MIR. EDGERToN Of the Civil-Service
Commission looks to be SO, but is
really rs years Of age. .s,... s. .. 81.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

mora crowded. t His Il, ornine theme wa
sssN Not here but risen. y The evening sermon.
was from cts Sx..s$ 8. DR.. Parker made a
good mpression on !. the congTegatio
tBeechsr 81 oratory. tbs uncert tain whether
the church will extend q call to him.
~ 5s Mrs. W w. WalseFj, 81 Aiken, S. o.,
who was under treatment for nervous
disease at the residence OF Dr. =. Fleit
ESpie1, at Brooklyn, n. Y.,s fell or jumped
from q third -story window and received
INJURIES from which she soon after died.
her husband owns Q large cotton planta-
3tion near Aiken. St ;5.. a.
The New Y ork Commercial Bulle-
tins FIRE record for September shows an
aggregate loss 81 I. 81, 1881, 800, against
20, 6oO, 600 IN September, 1855. The total
for the hrst ntne months OF the current year
is ~, 18S6O0, against KS, 400 600 tor the COR
responding period OF 1886. s 4; Ill III
Gen. Pitcairn Morrison, United
States Army, (retired) aged nine-two has
died ct Baltimore, Md. he was q native Of
second ieutenant Of artillery in the regu-
lar army. He was subsequently transferred
to the infantry. II. S'-s 9 = s" {.5
8 -AAAAAASSucsCA AD1YAGtt Ouc VI IAI. = 0NAEAA5
5chdsf lieutenants, has arrived in New York.
Mr.. Dayitt doubtless expects to find the
prosecution Of Irish home rule agitation In
America g trifia more comfortable than It
might be in his native isle under Mr.. Bal
foar's coercion law. %:s.l< b
a hole dug in the canal bank mile
from Nashua, N. H., by a uslzrat caused
not only q disastrous food but caused all
the mills to shut down, throwing 4,0OO en-
ployes out of work for an indefinite time.
Rev. T.. X. Beecher, nominated by
the Greenback party Of New York for sec.
Rotary Of state, said to reporter that he
would accept the nomination and would
publish an address to the people. :
Policeman w. D. johnson was shot
and killed in West Philadelphia, Pa, by a
suspicious character whom the officer &C
self. The murderer escaped. i.
William Walter Phelps of New
Jersey is out in an interview declaring him
self candidate for the New Jersey senator
ship to succeed Senator MCPHERSON, whose
term expires in 1889.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany has purchased the Baltimore & Ohio
telegraph system, for the reported sum of
s5,O0,UO0.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12
. The Commissioner of the General
Land Office at Washington, has transmitted

ln0 COMMISSIONER OI GIlS Ucu0Edl
Land office at Washington, has transmitted
to the secretary of the interior twenty-five
lists, covering about 81 800 acres selected
by the Northern Pacific Railroad company
as being within the second indemnity belt
in the State of Minnesota Also nine dis
tricts covering ia, 600 acres which the COM
pany has applied to select within said limit.
The Commissioner recommends, in view of
the recent decision of the secretary that
the company has no second indemnity belt,
that the selections be cancelled and the ap-
iplications rejected.
"a Commissioner Coleman says the
reports continue favorable in regard to the
success of the sorghum sugar industry, both
at Fort Scott and Rio Grande, the sugar
improving in quality and quantity as the
work continues, and that there seems to be
no doubt that q genuine success has been
achieved by the new process. he says
letters are pouring In from all parts Of the
country asking for full information in
regard to cost of machinery, etc.. and
There is every prospect Of great sorghum
boom another year which win revolutonize
the sugar industry, and In few years
emanclpate our nation from foreign nations
for sugar supply. WI 4 i fsi .,t = ~. .s.~-.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12
Acting Secretary Muldrow has rem


dered decision in the case Of Dayton vs..
now within the town limits of Aberdeen,
Oak. The decision affirms that Of Commits
sioner Sparks, and holds that the contest of
each of the Daytons was speculative and
not initiated in good faith. The secretary
directs that the land be held in reservation
Aberdeen May present an application to
enter the land under the townsite law.
Commander-in-chi G. A. R., Judge
John r. Rea, upon his return home to Min
neapolis was given most handsome recep-
ton, procession Of 8, GEO largely g, A. R.
men, escorting him to the Exposition build
ing, where Mayor Ames led IN the speech
Mai Henderson, Judge Fish and DIR.
Murphy, Maj. Drake and Col j. II. David
son Of st Paul. It was. q very happy and
altogether eloquent occasion.
y At Green Bay, Wis.,, the wife of
Wenxel Schwartz gave herself up to the
police, saying she had killed her husband.
She had struck Schwartz q blow on top Of
The result is doubtful. SchWartz has
abused his wife for some time, and it is
claimed that her mind has become un-
balanced. His wife claims that he tried to
poison her. An application has been made
Tor her commitment to an asylum.
Capt. Ben Knapp, widely known
among steamboat men on the st. Croix
and Mississippi rivers died at his home at
1Osceola, MINI. For q year past Capt.
Knapp has been afflicted with a throat
trouble, but was able to attend to his
steamboat business until about two weeks
ago, when he was taken to his bed. Blood
poisoning was the cause Of his death. He
was thirty years old. He leaves Q wife and
two children. 8 ..*s 1.s
Little Falls, Mimi, Special: James
MoClinty and Charles Young, farmers near
this village, who were arrested last August
on the charge ct stealing goods from car
on the Northern Pacific road, have been
convicted Of the crime and were each
sentenced to two years In Saltwater The
stolen articles consisted Of q box OF goods
consigned by Lindeke, Warner q SchuT-
meier Of ST Paul to s. Rudowski Of this
place, zi.s2 II.
The Sioux City, Iowa, Corn Palace
celebration has proven . success beyond AL
expectati lon. The daily attendance was
frequently o. high % g, OoO.
-Four miles from Worthingt MINI,
ono freight train ran into the rear Of 8 for
ward one, destroying the caboose and sev-
erAl cars of the forward train, setting thsm
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

The public debt reduction for
September was $14,247, $780,.
The controller of the currency has
issued a call for reports of the condition Of
all national banks at the close of business
Oct. 3.
Surgeon General Hamilton has re-
ceived dispatch from Deputy Collector
Spencer at Tampa. Fla, saying yellow f.
yer is reported there.
The report that Judge Manning,
minister to Mexico, has resigned, is
positively denied at the department of
state, and it is not believed that he has
any intention Of giving up his mission.
With parade of nearly every mill
itia company in the city, Of her fire depart
ment, several thousand citizens and over
$50 wheelman, continuous blaze of fire
works for an hour and big outpouring of
people, the City Of Washington publicly
welcomed ex-Gov. Alex r. Shepherd back
to his native city after a long sojourn in
Mexico. I.rs...7s ..a- =.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

Washington Special: The residence
chosen by Congressman Macdonald is
situated about mile and q half from the
capitol. Consequently the Judge will have
to do great deal of walking, except in
wet weather, when he win have to use the
line OF street cars which pass by on q
neighboring street. The house is plainly
but comfortably furnished. It is neither
too stylish for modest man, nor too
rugged for the reception of welcome guests
from home.
Before leaving on his western trip,
President Cleveland rendered the position
Of first assistant secretary of state to Judge
E: D. White Of Louisiana. Judge White
was candidate for the vacant chief Justice
ship Of the supreme court, and brought to
the President most powerful backing. The
President was favorably impressed with
him, and being unable to place him on the
bench, rendered him to the vacant place in
the state department.. Judge White de-
clined.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

DR.. H.s Brookes, ,aator, no. preached
/ from the text Romans y III, 81 thy God
The afternoon and evening of the day,5i
were spent privately, as at home. Monday
morning President and Mrs. Cleveland
were driven to the Fair grounds, and it
being children's day 3, 600 Of them sang a.
they entered. ss Mrs. Cleveland was given q
President at the Merchants Exchange.
AT Up. M, the President and wife met at
Lindell hotel to remain during their stay.
AT 8 p: ma public reception was held IL
the hotel parlors after which the party
visited the Exposition to hear Gilmore's
band. II rs II n 5fI 'j
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

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